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just before 7:30 last night. several people who came their aid were also injured, including three police officers. the suspect remains at large. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is at the scene. take us through what we know of the incident itself? incident itself? police and witnesses incident itself? police and witnesses have incident itself? police and witnesses have described | incident itself? police and - witnesses have described what happened here is horrific. the details are incredibly distressing. as you say, it happened on a straight very closely clapham common. it isjust a straight very closely clapham common. it is just a stone s throw away from the common. it is this three lined street. greg my tree lined street. but investigations have been focused on a car. we saw people in protected clothing go back and forth. it was around 7:30pm last night that witnesses say they saw a woman driving that car with her two young children inside. they saw a man doused ....
here s where the bank s base rate stands at the moment at 5.25% it is the highest in 15 years. the bank has raised the cost of borrowing fourteen times to try and tame soaring prices but inflation has eased sharply in recent months and the expectation now is that rates may soon start to come down. however, for those in the uk hoping for cheaper mortgages and loans there was something of a bad omen in the us, where the chair of the federal reserve seemed to dash expectations of a rate cut next month. as michelle fleury reports. the fourth meeting in a row, the federal reserve did not raise interest rates. this is the longest pause since policymakers began their aggressive rate campaign to tame inflation back in march of 2022. but for rate weary americans, well, they will likely have to wait a few more months to see any relief, given these comments by the federal chair. based on the meeting today, i would tell you that i don t think it s likely that the committee will r ....